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VOL. XLI
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORNING; JANUARY 15, 1922
NO. 3
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A British Clergyman and His
Wife Tell About a Most
Remarkable Visitation and
All England Marvels at the
Story and Its "Corroboration."
LONDON. Rev. Mauris Elliott,
vicar In the village of Snitterby,
Lincolnshire, believes In his
guardian angel -with the same cer
tainty that he believes in the exist
ence of his .village grocer. For the
clergyman, according1 to his sworn
testimony, has seen this angel with
his own eyes, has heard the sound
of his voice, has touched his glistening
robe. The'angel came at a crisis In
the clergyman's life and by his good
counsel enabled him and his wife to
meet tho situation without disaster.
The revelation of Mr. Elliott created
considerable talk all over England,
but a sensation was caused when It
became known that many of the facts
of his visitation had been corrobo
rated by a celebrated London physi
cian. Since that time a number of
other physicians declare that they
have met with similar cases and be
lieve Mr. Elliott's story implicitly.
There is as much reason, to believe
that a person has a guardian, angel,
they say, as it Is to believe any of
the commonly accepted physical facts
of life. They contend tha such a be
lief is as provable, by resort to the
ordinary senses, as, for instance, the
law of specific gravity.
Dr. Elliott Is a popular member of
the clergy and Is highly regarded as
a thinker. liis interview with his
guardian angel came at a time, he
said, when his wife was about to
have a child and her life was in
serious danger.
He was very fearful regarding her
condition and sought the advice of a
London specialist. The specialist ad
vised an Immediate operation, but ad
mitted that such an operation would
involve a dangerous risk.
"My wife and I," said Dr. Elliott,
"prayed with all our hearts for guid
ance In this troubled hour. We
prayed that If there was an angel
specially; appointed to protect and
guide me and mine that he appear
to us and counsel us. And the eve
ning before my wife was to go into a
nursing home he did appear.
"The angel was a male. His figure
was more majestic than that of men
on earth. His eyes were extraordi
nary in their beauty and brightness.
He spoke with a voice that was bell
like. He came to us In our room and
.at his appearance we felt not the
slightest sense of terror only a feel
ing of complete calm. He spoke in
everyday language. It was as if a
link between us and heaven had been
established.
"We asked him what we must do
about the specialist's advice. He re
plied that the specialist was wrong
in advising an operation and that
such a course would be fatal. 'Don't
have It," he told us. 'The physician's
diagnosis Is wrong.'
"The angel's visit decided us. When
the physician came the next day to
see us about the removal of my wife
to the nursing home, we told him
what had happened and that Mrs.
Elliott had made up her mind to fore
go the operation.
"Naturally, the doctor was aston
ished beyond measure, but did not
argue tho matter with us. I might
add that he has, himself, taken a keen
Interest In the case ever since.
"A few days later -we again asked
divine guidance. We wanted the
angel to direct us to a medical man
who would confirm the angel's state
ment. Again our prayers were an
swered. The angel appeared to us
as he had on his first visit and told
us to go to Brighton, where we could
meet the . doctor we so much desired
to see.
"Following these Instructions we
packed our bags and left the next
day for Brighton. Before we arrived
at the station the angel came to us
in our compartment. I do not Imagine
anyone else In the coach saw him, for
nothing was said of it. The angel
walked with us through the town and
guided us to a hotel. He walked
normally. There was no gliding or
passing through substance, I noticed
that he wore sandals. Hs conversed
with us a good part of the time.
"After giving us full instructions
as to the doctor we would meet there,
what the doctor would look like and
when we should approach him, ths
angel dematerlalized and since then
has not appeared to us."
The second day at the hotel. Dr.
Elliott says, he recognized the phy
sician from the angel's description as
ths man passed down the corridor
into the drawing room. Dr. Elliott
followed him Into the drawing room
and stated his case without asking
him If he were a physician, so sure
was he that the angel was correct.
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name, but though he had come to
Brighton for a rest, finally consented
to make an examination of Mrs.
Elliott and a diagnosis of her case.
He did not think an operation was
necessary in fact, he advised strong
ly against it.
The child born after this remark
able experience is a strong, healthy
girl. Dr. Elliott says that when the
baby was christened in Winchester
cathedral a company of angels was
plainly manifest to himself and his
wife.
A Vision of the Savior.
For reasons of medical ethics, the
physician who attended Mrs. Elliott
would not permit the use of his name,
but he' confirmed the Brighton oc
currence, in detail.
Having a large practice the phy
sician said he had gone to Brighton
for a few weeks' rest. He did not
register as a medical man and nobody
connected with the hotel or in the
town knew him as such.
"Being on a holiday which I much
needed," he sajd, "I naturally did not
care to accept' any cases. But when
I asked Dr. Elliott how he knew I
was a physician he told me his re
markable story. It interested me so
much that I agreed to see his wife.
I examined her and my own diagnosis
of the case accorded exactly with
what the angel had told them. They
appeared much relieved when I gave
them my opinion. "
"While I have had no experience
with spiritualism, in fact, I know
.scarcely nothing about it, I believe
that with God all things are possible."
Concurrent with the Elliott case
is that which is vouched for by Rev.
W. J. L. Sheppard, who has been
preaching at Braintree parish church,
50 miles out of London. A member
of the congregation, a business man
who had been associated in no way
'with spiritualism, told the pastor
that he had seen a vision of Christ
on the cross behind the chancel rail
during the progress of the service.
Rev. Or. Sheppara recently an
nounced the vision from the pulpit,
saying to his startled congregation:
"During the evening service last
Sunday a well-known Braintree busi
ness man in the congregation saw
a vision of the crucified Savior in
the chancel of this church. He said
he first saw; the vision while kneel
ing in prayer. A bright light from
a halo on the head of the crucified
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Is not a case of an emotional woman
seeing a vision, but of a hard-headed
man. -The vision must . - taken as
a divine revelation."
While the experiences of Dr. Elliott
and the Braintree business man have
been advanced by British spiritists as
valid physical proof of the existence
of another world, psychic manifesta
tions are still being reported in the
United States as competent evidence.
In Boston. Mass., a series of lec
tures are being delivered by what is
represented as the personalities of
various men and women who have
died, through the body of the Rev.
F. A. Wlggin, pastor of Unity church.
The first of these lectures was given
recently when Dr. George C. Lorimer,
late pastor of Tremont Temple, who
died In 1304. supposedly spoke.
There was nothing, uncanny about
this service. After congregational
singing and a prayer, Rev. Mr. Wig
gin stepped forward, closed his eyes
and announced his text from the 17th
verse of the 7th chapter of Corin
thians "As tho Lord hath called
every one so let him walk."
It was Rev. Dr. Lorimer who was
now talking through Mr. Wiggin. As
Dr. Wiggin lifted his head the whole
gesture was undeniably reminiscent
of Rev. Dr. Lorimer, according to
those who knew that well-known
pastor.
But "Dr. Lorimer" made no refer
ence to the unusual fact that he was
addressing a Boston audience for the
first time since he had died in 1904.
nor that ho found anything new and
strange In the Boston of 1921, nor
to th fact that the world had bee
through one of the greatest wars
all times. He "spoke" as fie migni
have spoken In 1900, using such ref
erences and ana"1 s In the applica
tion of his text e development
of his theme r -e common at
'hat time.
"Dr. Lorimer" did assure his hear
ers that death meant nothing except
a sort of transition into another
world, in which men continue the
work of this world in much the same
way as they had worked and lived
here. And Christ was Just as much of
a force for good and Just as 'much of
a mystery there as here.
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